FIGURE 2.

XRD pattern (A) and FTIR spectra (B) of JDF1 scratched from the outermost yellowish surface of inactive hydrothermal chimney, indicating that subsamples JDF1 mainly consist of amorphous mineral assemblages. The faint secondary peak at 2𝜃 of 61° and weak absorption peak at ∼1399 cm-1 indicate the presence of poor crystalline two-line ferrihydrites. In (A), Ba: barite; S: sulfur; Py: pyrite; Mar: marcasite.